a fEeAtTH E Rewer THERE ARE SKIN GAMES AND SKIN games, but in most someone gets done out of something. In this one, however, by a dint of little (or better, a lot) of hard work, someone gets something that is both worthwhile, and ornamental to boot. Of course, there is the other side too — the poor sheep, or cow, or goat, or what have you, gets done out of his skin! So perhaps it is just a vicious circle after all. However, to return to this fascinating ‘skin game’’ . . . if you wish to see the acme of hives of industry, you have just to step for half an hour into the Leather- craft Class on Wednesday nights. First, you will be greeted by a hum of voices, punctuated by the sharp tap, tap of a hammer punching out a design with a matting tool. That conversation, upon closer examination, is composed of anything from how to make lemon pie to politics, fishing to numerology, the art of the dance to the trials and tribulations of teaching children. Moving nearer to a group, you will see a piece of raw, biscuit-coloured skin of odd shape, and your first thought is that certainly nothing of rare beauty and intricate design could emerge from that thing. But if you could watch for a time you would see it cut into a shape, a design traced onto its dampened face, and then the arduous task of deepening the lines with the tool would begin. When this is accomplished, albeit with a few groans, much pres- sure ,and repeated retracings, the work is ready to be dyed. Now this is really something! Before one starts it is necessary to spread reams of newspaper all over everything, for the dye is very, very permanent. Next, one goes through the motions of easing the hands into those detestable things — rubber gloves. After many baths of brightly coloured dye, the leather looks “drunk”; is saturated and blotchy, and in fact, a mess. Have no fear, though, for after it has completely dried, the leather takes on the glowing shade you hoped for ...; fhatis, if you’re lucky! The student finds after many ‘’projects’’ have been finished, that one “dyes” praying to his gods or his lucky star that at the end all will be as he ordered in the beginning. All joking aside, Leathercraft is one of the most interest- ing and satisfying of all the crafts. As you work more and more with leather, you learn to love the feel and the smell of it, and the dim lustre of a finished piece of, work gratifies the soul that has it greatest joy in the creation of things beautiful. The following students have contributed to the material in this Annual: ART— Marian McCrea LITERARY— Melba Howard Alison Skealing eased ice Sieacnericn Betty Elliott Alistair Bell eee pe er Miss M. Bryant Peter Aspell Jack Hambleton Arla Saare z Miss Gatewood oe ] pee oe Evan Boston Miss V. Woodside mes ood Pat McPherson Miss Cropper Violet Rossoff Joyce Butler Joan Mielec Kciba toward Mary Bull Molly Carter Molly Lamb Elizabeth Locke Joan Mathews Verna Garrison Ned Maller See Gall Norman Cooper — Lambert Duff Mrs. Mayhew Jack Hambleton Wesley Milne Marjorie Bartram iy Re oe Natchell powell June Gibb George Angliss Z Jean Hyslop Roy Troup Arla Saare Tom McLeish The entire art content of this book is the product of students of the school —the direct drawing on lithograph plates, the text and advertisement linoleum cuts, page and advertisement layout, selection of type and the silk screen processing. 2 SR LEA TRAE Reiwv-e_kkK THERE ARE SKIN GAMES AND SKIN games, but in most someone gets done out of something. In this one, however, by a dint of little (or better, a lot) of hard work, someone gets something that is both worthwhile, and ornamental to boot. Of course, there is the other side too — the poor sheep, or cow, or goat, or what have you, gets done out of his skin! So perhaps it is just a vicious circle after all. However, to return to this fascinating ‘skin game’ . . . if you wish to see the acme of hives of industry, you have just to step for half an hour into the Leather- craft Class on Wednesday nights. First, you will be greeted by a hum of voices, punctuated by the sharp tap, tap of a hammer punching out a design with a matting tool. That conversation, upon closer examination, is composed of anything from how to make lemon pie to politics, fishing to numerology, the art of the dance to the trials and tribulations of teaching children. Moving nearer to a group, you will see a piece of raw, biscuit-coloured skin of odd shape, and your first thought is that certainly nothing of rare beauty and intricate design could emerge from that thing. But if you could watch for a time you would see it cut into a shape, a design traced ‘onto its dampened face, and then the arduous task of deepening the lines with the tool would begin. When this is accomplished, albeit with a few groans, much pres- sure ,and repeated retracings, the work is ready to be dyed. Now this is really something! Before one starts it is necessary to spread reams of newspaper all over everything, for the dye is very, very permanent. Next, ‘one goes through the motions of easing the hands into those detestable things — rubber gloves. After many baths of brightly coloured dye, the leather looks “‘drunk’’; is saturated and blotchy, and in fact, a mess. Have no fear, though, for after it has completely dried, the leather takes on the glowing shade you hoped for . . . that is, if you’re lucky! The student finds after many “projects” have been finished, that ‘one “dyes” praying to his gods or his lucky star that at the end all will be as he ordered in the beginning. All joking aside, Leathercraft is one of the most interest- ing and satisfying of all the crafts. As you work more and more with leather, you learn to love the feel and the smell of it, and the dim lustre of a finished piece of work gratifies the soul that has it greatest joy in the creation of things beautiful. The following students have contributed to the material in this Annual: ART— Marian McCrea RY— Melba Howard Alison Skealing aaa Missa Betty Elliott Alistair Bell Necereen IMeIMEBr vant Peter Aspell Jack Hambleton Peter ae Me Gaier cod pact eae Eilesty scott Evan Boston Miss V. Woodside oe aide 9 Pat McPherson Miss Cropper Violet Rossoff Joyce Butler Fee Ee Mensa beiny Bul oly Canten Molly Lamb Elizabeth Locke Joan Mathews Verna Garrison Sencar ead [Nerepacia Cioapecre, Fe teleciit Pitti Mrs. Mayhew Jack Hambleton Wesley Milne Marjorie Bartram (yrs: Mayle Aechalt Daily June Gibb George Angliss Jean Hyslop Roy Troup ‘Arla Saare Tom McLeish The entire art content of this book is the product of students of the school —the direct drawing on lithograph plates, the text and advertisement linoleum cuts, page and advertisement layout, selection of type and the silk screen processing.